Foreign News: Disfranchised

The state of Britain's electoral register caused plenty of growling on
election day. In addition to the names of some 33,000,000 eligible
voters of 21 and over, at least two two-year-olds appeared on the
lists. Traditionally, some businessmen and university graduates voted
twice. Among thousands of eligible citizens whose names were missing
from the register, and who therefore could not vote, was one notable
citizenPrime Minister Winston Churchill.

The voters' list was compiled from identity cards. In the spring of
1943, when these cards were called in for the issue of ration books,
Churchill was abroad attending a conference. He was given...